Improvement in cordi ng-gu i des for sewing-machin es



Y W. RANKIN. Cording Guide for Sewing Machines. No. 28,776. PatentedJune 19, 1860.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM RANKIN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA;

IMPROVEMENT IN CORDlNG-GUIDES FOR SEWING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,776, dated June 19,1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RANKIN, of Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oording-Guides for Sewing-Machines; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the cording-guide. Fig. 2represents a view, from the under side, of the arm of the guide, andFig. 3 represents a top plan of the ap paratus.

Similar letters, where they occur in the separate figures, denote likeparts of the contrivance in all the figures.

My invention relates to a cording-guide to be used in connection withany sewing-machine, and which of itself so guides and controls the cloththat the cord is laid in with the greatest accuracy and regularity,whether in straight, waved, or curved lines; and my invention consistsin the combination, upon one arm or piece of metal, of a guide orgroove, an eye, and in close proximity to the eye a recess for theneedle and an obliquely-nicked or roughened surface, so that the clothshall be constantly drawn up to the guide by the ordinary feed-motion,and the cord laid in parallel to the first-made seam or fold, whether itbe straight, curved, or portions of each.

A represents the cord-guide, made of metal of any suitable kind. It isof a U-shaped form, the short arm B of which has a slot, a, in it, bywhich it may be fastened or adjusted to the table of any sewing-1nachineby means of a clamp-screw, or otherwise. In the long arm there is firsta hole, 0, through which the cord (shown in red) may pass. Thence itgoes througha guide, 6, and a groove, 1', on the side or end of the armto prevent the cloth from binding upon it, which would interfere withits free passage, as the presser-foot rests upon the end of thecording-guide. Thence through a rounded eye, a, against which the clothpasses in constant contact. Both the top and bottom of the long arm, atits forward end, are nicked or indented with oblique lines 0, that drawthe cloth tight up against the eye 12, causing it to move and turn inexact accordance with the previously-made seam, fold, or cord madetherein, and laying the cord in parallel lines with the greatestregularity. Close to the eye a, and a little behind it, there isarecess, 0', through which the needle passes; and the 01)- j ect of itsclose proximity to the eye a is that the material may be turned upon theneedle and as near the point where the cord is laid in as possible, soas not to be injuriously in fluenced by the cord. This enables me to layin the cord with a neatness that I have never seen equalled by any othercording device known to me. The oblique or inclined grooves 0 on the topand bottom of the end of the cordingguide are covered by the cloth thatis being corded, and the cloth, as well as the grooved end of the guide,are both held between the presser-foot and the under feeding device,Whether it be a wheel or reciprocating feed, so that the grooves servetwo purposesviz., as a roughened surface to allow the presser-foot andunder feeding device to hold the cloth firmly to the guide when thestitchis being made, and also serving to draw the pre vious seam or foldtight up against its end, when the presser-foot and under feed aremoving the cloth along.

I believe my cording-guide to be the first one that is held between thepresser-foot and the under feedall others that I know of are placed verynear the presser-foot, but not under it-and that the presser-foot andlower feeding device may act in connection with these grooves orinclines, they must be on the external sides of the cording-guide, asshown.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A cording-guide composed of a single bent piece of metal, and havingupon it a guide, 6, a groove, i, and an eye, a, and in close proximityto said eye a recess, 7, and also furnished with oblique nicks orindentations 0, inclining in the direction of the feed of the cloth, andso arr nged as to come directly under the presser-foot and between itand the lower feed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

\VILLIAM RANKIN.

Witnesses:

A. B. STOUGHTON, E. COHEN.

